Shopify is sunsetting Stocky on August 31, 2026. InventoryIQ picks up where Stocky left off — AI reorder recommendations, demand forecasts, purchase orders, and multi-location inventory — and you don't need POS Pro to use it. 30-day free trial for migrants.
If you're running Stocky today, you're using it for one of four things: deciding what to reorder and how much, forecasting demand before peak seasons, generating purchase orders for your suppliers, or running stocktakes against physical inventory. All four go dark on September 1, 2026.
You can fall back to spreadsheets — most merchants did before Stocky existed — but you'll lose the daily reorder cadence, the seasonality adjustments, and the auto-generated POs. For a store doing $1M+ annually, that's typically a 3–5% margin hit within the first quarter from over-ordering slow movers and stocking out of winners.
The cleanest path forward is to migrate to a replacement that does everything Stocky did, plus the things Stocky couldn't because it was locked to POS Pro. That's InventoryIQ.
Every Stocky capability mapped to its InventoryIQ equivalent. In most cases, the replacement is materially better.
| Stocky feature | InventoryIQ equivalent | Why it's better |
|---|---|---|
| Reorder point suggestions | AI reorder recommendations | Ranked by projected ROI on the next dollar spent, not just by stockout date. |
| Demand forecasting | Auditable demand forecasts | Folds in seasonality, ad spend, and competitor pricing. Every projection shows the inputs that drove it. |
| Purchase orders | Auto-generated purchase orders | Group by supplier, export as CSV or PDF, and roll changes back into Shopify inventory automatically. |
| ABC analysis | ROI-weighted SKU prioritization | Goes beyond classic ABC by factoring in margin, lead time risk, and current cash runway. |
| Inventory transfers (POS Pro only) | Multi-warehouse inventory (all plans, no POS required) | Track stock at every fulfillment location, online or retail, without paying for POS Pro. |
| Stocktakes | Reconciliation workflow | Reconcile counts against Shopify's source-of-truth and flag drift before it costs you a sale. |
| Vendor management | Supplier records with lead-time tracking | Per-supplier lead times feed directly into reorder math, so late shipments don't catch you out. |
Stocky told you what to reorder. It didn't know how much cash you had to spend this week. InventoryIQ clamps every recommendation to your real cash runway, so you don't blow your inventory budget on slow movers while a winner stocks out.
Stocky was locked to Shopify POS Pro ($89/month per location). That locked out every online-only merchant. InventoryIQ runs on every Shopify plan — online, retail, hybrid — with no POS subscription required.
Most of the time is spent waiting for the historical order backfill to complete. Your hands-on time is closer to 5 minutes.
One-click install. We connect to your products, orders, inventory, and locations using read-only Shopify scopes. No POS Pro subscription needed.
We pull your last 60 days of orders to seed the demand forecasts. You'll see live progress in Settings. Larger catalogs may take longer.
If you've built up supplier records, custom reorder points, or unit costs in Stocky, export the Products and Suppliers reports from Stocky → Reports while it's still live, then bring them across with the built-in Stocky CSV importer (Settings → Import from Stocky). It matches your products by SKU and previews every change before anything is saved.
Charges run through Shopify Billing and appear on your normal Shopify invoice. Cancel anytime during the trial and you won't be billed.
We'll match your products by SKU, bring across your supplier records, and show you a preview of every change before anything is saved.
Shopify removed Stocky from the App Store on February 2, 2026. Existing installs continue working until August 31, 2026, at which point Stocky shuts down entirely. After that date you'll lose access to reorder suggestions, demand forecasts, and stocktake tools unless you've migrated.
No. Stocky required a POS Pro subscription ($89/month per location), which locked out most online-only merchants. InventoryIQ works on every Shopify plan with no POS requirement. If you're an online-only or hybrid store, you can finally have proper inventory intelligence without paying for retail features you don't use.
Stocky was bundled with POS Pro at $89/month per location, so a 3-location merchant paid $267/month minimum. InventoryIQ starts at $39/month (Starter, up to 100 SKUs), $99/month (Growth, up to 1,000 SKUs and 3 stores), and $249/month (Pro, unlimited). Annual billing saves two months on every plan.
Yes — InventoryIQ has a built-in Stocky CSV importer (Settings → Import from Stocky). Export the Products and Suppliers reports from Stocky, drag them in, and we'll match products by SKU and preview every change — unit costs, lead times, suppliers, and reorder points — before anything is saved. Demand forecasts seed automatically from your Shopify order history, so those need no export. Open purchase orders aren't imported in v1 — finish those in Stocky. Need a hand? Email support@ecominventoryiq.com.
Finish your open purchase orders in Stocky if you're close to receipt. For POs you haven't placed yet, switch to InventoryIQ — our reorder recommendations will use your live Shopify data and the supplier lead times you configure, so you won't lose continuity.
Yes. No credit card required to start. The trial bills through Shopify Billing API, so you can confirm your plan inside Shopify admin and you won't see a charge until day 30. Cancel before then and you owe nothing.
Yes. We listen to inventory_levels/update webhooks and reflect changes within seconds. When you create a PO in InventoryIQ and mark it received, we push the stock movement back into Shopify so your storefront and POS stay accurate.
Install InventoryIQ from the Shopify App Store, let the backfill run, and you'll have AI reorder recommendations on real data within the hour.